Professor Bill Mitchell casts a Modern Monetary Theory lens over the federal budget

The Morrison regime is as ideologically committed to the neo-liberal agenda as just about any government in the world. When confronted with the global Covid 19 pandemic however they have responded by turning on the economic stimulus taps, briefly. Professor Bill Mitchell, one of the worlds experts in Modern Monetary Theory, speaks to Sean O'Shannessy and offers his assessment of the effectiveness of the budget measures as post pandemic stimulus measures and the prospects for our future prosperity under neo-liberalism. http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-as-anything/message